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Chapter 5. Performing System Information Center advanced functions Certain tasks are intended to be performed by an Administrator account and cannot solely be accomplished using the graphical user interface. This chapter provides information about how to perform common and advanced Administrator account tasks. This chapter describes the following information about performing advanced functions in the System Information Center program: v "Working with tasks" v "Working with reports" on page 32 v "Sending a specialized e-mail" on page 36 v "Reprocessing the database" on page 37 v "Working with the ISIC.PROPERTIES file" on page 37 v "Exporting information using the System Information Center program" on page 41 v "Importing information into a database" on page 41 v "Performing other advanced functions" on page 42 Working with tasks Administrators (or any other user with designated authority) can create tasks and schedule them to run once or to occur at set intervals. Tasks can also be run manually. Tasks, which can only be created through the server, are simply background processes that are executed by the server. An example of a task is a database-generated action in the form of an e-mail, which sends an attached report to a target user or group of users. This task assumes that you have e-mail functionality enabled. The administrator can execute tasks either from the Tasks menu, located in the System Information Center menu bar, or by having the server Task Scheduler automatically check for tasks to be run on a scheduled basis. You can configure automatic checking by the server in the original installation or by modifying the ISIC.PROPERTIES file on the following lines: scheduled.launch.on.startup=0 scheduled.interval=60 scheduled.interval.period=mins scheduled.task.period=hours Note: For more information about modifying the ISIC.PROPERTIES file in order to schedule tasks, see "Working with the ISIC.PROPERTIES file" on page 37. The System Information Center program comes with pre-defined tasks that you can customize for your enterprise needs. You can also create a new task, which is added to the Tasks menu item located in the System Information Center program menu bar. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004 27

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Chapter
5.
Performing
System
Information
Center
advanced
functions
Certain
tasks
are
intended
to
be
performed
by
an
Administrator
account
and
cannot
solely
be
accomplished
using
the
graphical
user
interface.
This
chapter
provides
information
about
how
to
perform
common
and
advanced
Administrator
account
tasks.
This
chapter
describes
the
following
information
about
performing
advanced
functions
in
the
System
Information
Center
program:
v
“Working
with
tasks”
v
“Working
with
reports”
on
page
32
v
“Sending
a
specialized
e-mail”
on
page
36
v
“Reprocessing
the
database”
on
page
37
v
“Working
with
the
ISIC.PROPERTIES
file”
on
page
37
v
“Exporting
information
using
the
System
Information
Center
program”
on
page
41
v
“Importing
information
into
a
database”
on
page
41
v
“Performing
other
advanced
functions”
on
page
42
Working
with
tasks
Administrators
(or
any
other
user
with
designated
authority)
can
create
tasks
and
schedule
them
to
run
once
or
to
occur
at
set
intervals.
Tasks
can
also
be
run
manually.
Tasks,
which
can
only
be
created
through
the
server,
are
simply
background
processes
that
are
executed
by
the
server.
An
example
of
a
task
is
a
database-generated
action
in
the
form
of
an
e-mail,
which
sends
an
attached
report
to
a
target
user
or
group
of
users.
This
task
assumes
that
you
have
e-mail
functionality
enabled.
The
administrator
can
execute
tasks
either
from
the
Tasks
menu,
located
in
the
System
Information
Center
menu
bar,
or
by
having
the
server
Task
Scheduler
automatically
check
for
tasks
to
be
run
on
a
scheduled
basis.
You
can
configure
automatic
checking
by
the
server
in
the
original
installation
or
by
modifying
the
ISIC.PROPERTIES
file
on
the
following
lines:
scheduled.launch.on.startup=0
scheduled.interval=60
scheduled.interval.period=mins
scheduled.task.period=hours
Note:
For
more
information
about
modifying
the
ISIC.PROPERTIES
file
in
order
to
schedule
tasks,
see
“Working
with
the
ISIC.PROPERTIES
file”
on
page
37.
The
System
Information
Center
program
comes
with
pre-defined
tasks
that
you
can
customize
for
your
enterprise
needs.
You
can
also
create
a
new
task,
which
is
added
to
the
Tasks
menu
item
located
in
the
System
Information
Center
program
menu
bar.
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2004
27